Amboglossa (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Parent taxon: Rhynchospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alkhovikovia, Ambothyris, Changtangella, Choperella, Crurispina, Diazoma, Emanuella, Ilmenia, Ilmeniopsis, Ilmenispina, Ilmospirifer, Kosirium, Ladjia, Levibiseptum, Moravilla, Rhynchospirifer, Tikhyspirifer, Zhonghuacoelia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Meter 1782 Early Devonian fauna from the middle Tangxiang Fm, Luofo China (Devonian of China)

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